Imagine being given the task of relocating over two million books and other research materials from a library to another building almost five miles away. And a time frame of just a few months in which to complete the project.

This is exactly the challenge that was being faced by the staff of Georgia Tech’s library in the spring of 2016. A Senior Design team from ISyE stepped in to help with the process.

Emory University and the Georgia Institute of Technology today dedicated a new joint Library Service Center (LSC), a collaborative project that houses a shared collection of materials, provides delivery services and frees space on the main campuses at both universities.

Due to its migration to a new library management system, on December 1 the Georgia Tech Library will suspend the GIL Express direct-requesting service. Instead, all requests from University System of Georgia libraries will go through Interlibrary Loan, or ILLiad.

The Dorothy M. Crosland Tower, also known as Library East, will close for nearly two years on Dec. 31. All computers, scanners, printers, study spaces and other resources in Crosland will move to Price Gilbert, also known as Library West.